Registration is closed for this event.
Fall 2023 Book Buddies: sign up for Big Buddies!
Teens in Grades 7-12 can sign up to be a Big Buddy!
Are you a teen who needs volunteer hours? Do you like volunteering with little kids? Book Buddies is for you!
What is Book Buddies?
Big Buddies are teen volunteers in Grades 7-12. You will get paired with your own Little Buddy in Grades K-3.
What do we do? We meet, read together, and we make an art project each week.
Dates: Time: 4:30-5:30 PM for 4 Thursdays on the following dates:
10/19, 10/26. 11/2, 11/9
*We ask Big Buddies to arrive 15 minutes early to gather books to read with their buddy*
Registration required. When you register you sign up for all four Book Buddies dates!
New Buddies must attend a 45 minute orientation.
Choose one date to attend:
Thursday, October 5, 4:00-4:45 pm** Slightly earlier time**
Or Thursday, October 12, 4:30-5:15 pm
New Big Buddies or past Virtual Big Buddies: need to take the in person orientation. You will go through a quick training which includes learning the layout out the Children’s floor and where to find the best books for your Little Buddy.
If you were a Spring ’23 or Spring ’22 or Fall ’22 Big Buddy: you don’t need an orientation.
Sign up required.
Registration is closed for this event.
Fall 2023 Book Buddies: sign up for Big Buddies!
Teens in Grades 7-12 can sign up to be a Big Buddy!
Are you a teen who needs volunteer hours? Do you like volunteering with little kids? Book Buddies is for you!
What is Book Buddies?
Big Buddies are teen volunteers in Grades 7-12. You will get paired with your own Little Buddy in Grades K-3.
What do we do? We meet, read together, and we make an art project each week.
Dates: Time: 4:30-5:30 PM for 4 Thursdays on the following dates:
10/19, 10/26. 11/2, 11/9
*We ask Big Buddies to arrive 15 minutes early to gather books to read with their buddy*
Registration required. When you register you sign up for all four Book Buddies dates!
New Buddies must attend a 45 minute orientation.
Choose one date to attend:
Thursday, October 5, 4:00-4:45 pm** Slightly earlier time**
Or Thursday, October 12, 4:30-5:15 pm
New Big Buddies or past Virtual Big Buddies: need to take the in person orientation. You will go through a quick training which includes learning the layout out the Children’s floor and where to find the best books for your Little Buddy.
If you were a Spring ’23 or Spring ’22 or Fall ’22 Big Buddy: you don’t need an orientation.
Sign up required.
Registration is closed for this event.
Fall 2023 Book Buddies: sign up for Big Buddies!
Teens in Grades 7-12 can sign up to be a Big Buddy!
Are you a teen who needs volunteer hours? Do you like volunteering with little kids? Book Buddies is for you!
What is Book Buddies?
Big Buddies are teen volunteers in Grades 7-12. You will get paired with your own Little Buddy in Grades K-3.
What do we do? We meet, read together, and we make an art project each week.
Dates: Time: 4:30-5:30 PM for 4 Thursdays on the following dates:
10/19, 10/26. 11/2, 11/9
*We ask Big Buddies to arrive 15 minutes early to gather books to read with their buddy*
Registration required. When you register you sign up for all four Book Buddies dates!
New Buddies must attend a 45 minute orientation.
Choose one date to attend:
Thursday, October 5, 4:00-4:45 pm** Slightly earlier time**
Or Thursday, October 12, 4:30-5:15 pm
New Big Buddies or past Virtual Big Buddies: need to take the in person orientation. You will go through a quick training which includes learning the layout out the Children’s floor and where to find the best books for your Little Buddy.
If you were a Spring ’23 or Spring ’22 or Fall ’22 Big Buddy: you don’t need an orientation.
Sign up required.
Registration is closed for this event.
Fall 2023 Book Buddies: sign up for Big Buddies!
Teens in Grades 7-12 can sign up to be a Big Buddy!
Are you a teen who needs volunteer hours? Do you like volunteering with little kids? Book Buddies is for you!
What is Book Buddies?
Big Buddies are teen volunteers in Grades 7-12. You will get paired with your own Little Buddy in Grades K-3.
What do we do? We meet, read together, and we make an art project each week.
Dates: Time: 4:30-5:30 PM for 4 Thursdays on the following dates:
10/19, 10/26. 11/2, 11/9
*We ask Big Buddies to arrive 15 minutes early to gather books to read with their buddy*
Registration required. When you register you sign up for all four Book Buddies dates!
New Buddies must attend a 45 minute orientation.
Choose one date to attend:
Thursday, October 5, 4:00-4:45 pm** Slightly earlier time**
Or Thursday, October 12, 4:30-5:15 pm
New Big Buddies or past Virtual Big Buddies: need to take the in person orientation. You will go through a quick training which includes learning the layout out the Children’s floor and where to find the best books for your Little Buddy.
If you were a Spring ’23 or Spring ’22 or Fall ’22 Big Buddy: you don’t need an orientation.
Sign up required.
No summit out of sight : the true story of the youngest person to climb the seven summits / Jordan Romero with Linda LeBlanc (2014 teen biography, Teen 92 Romero)
Presents the story of Jordan Romero, who at the age of thirteen became the youngest person ever to reach the peak of Mount Everest and by the age of fifteen had reached the summits of the world’s seven highest mountains.
Three dark crowns / Kendare Blake (2016 teen fiction, Teen Blake)
On the island of Fennbirn, triplet sisters who each wield a coveted magic skill and claim an equal right to the throne must fight to the death when they turn sixteen for the title of Queen Crowned.
Losers take all / David Klass (2015 teen book, Teen Klass)
Forced to join a sports team with his ragtag band of anti-athletic friends, Jack starts a rebel soccer team that is secretly dedicated to avoiding victory and undermining his school’s jock culture, with unexpected results.
Con Academy / by Joe Schreiber (2015 teen book, Teen Schreiber)
Con man Will Shea may have met his match in scammer Andrea Dufresne as they make a high-stakes deal that will determine who gets to stay at Connaughton Academy, one of the most elite and privileged preparatory schools in the country, and who must leave.